Alfonso Arau

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actor documentary film film film director film producer human screenwriter writer

Alfonso Arau is a Mexican filmmaker and actor best known internationally for directing the acclaimed romantic drama "Like Water for Chocolate."

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Like Water for Chocolate 0
A Walk in the Clouds 0
Laura Esquivel 0

Statements (48)

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instanceOf actor ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
actedIn Romancing the Stone ⓘ
The Wild Bunch ⓘ
Three Amigos ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Mexico ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1932-01-11 ⓘ
directorOf A Walk in the Clouds ⓘ
Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema ⓘ
Zapata: El sueño del héroe ⓘ
familyName Arau ⓘ
fieldOfWork cinema ⓘ
television ⓘ
genre historical drama film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
givenName Alfonso ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
name Alfonso Arau self-link ⓘ
nationality Mexican ⓘ
Mexican ⓘ
notableAward Ariel Award ⓘ
notableWork Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mexico City ⓘ
relative Laura Esquivel ⓘ
spouse Laura Esquivel ⓘ
workLocation Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
yearsActive 1950s–present ⓘ

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Three Amigos → castMember → Alfonso Arau ⓘ
Alfonso Arau → name → Alfonso Arau self-link ⓘ